This month, Dr Andy Levers, Technical Director at the Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC), caught up with Super North to discuss how LCR 4.0 is bringing the latest digital innovation to the region.
A unique collaboration in the Liverpool City Region is helping businesses grow by using...

Driving competitiveness and productivity of UK industry through digitalisation
Digital Manufacturing is already here - but is your business ready to take full advantage and be at the forefront of this exciting new era?
On the 30th & 31st October 2017, the third Digitalising Manufacturing Conference is...

An innovative SME involved in Manchester’s CityVerve project is helping to enhance motorist safety in the North West.
Technology start-up firm, Satsafe develops ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) telematics devices, more commonly known as in-vehicle black boxes, that are already being increasingly used by insurance firms and...

Due to the numerous cyber-attacks and hacks being reported daily by the global media, organisations are growing increasingly concerned about their own businesses whilst they are being encouraged to adopt more digital technologies, including those within industry 4.0.
It is essential that modern businesses have effective...

LCR Future Energy is a £3.7 million programme delivered by Inventya Solutions, Liverpool John Moores University and Gyron LLP. Support is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the public and the private sector. It has been developed with and for the sector. The...

Room One
Thursday 22nd June saw the Insider bring their annual conference to the Liverpool waterfront as delegates from all over arrived at the Maritime Museum.
Creative and Digital Technology
This session looked into the transformation of the digital world into that of the physical including better use...

Continuously discussed amongst manufacturers within the UK and across the globe, the skills gap is a growing concern for many as the type of skills needed for smart factories are tough to source yet in high demand.
The manufacturing sector is increasingly adopting industry 4.0 technologies...

LCR 4.0 was recently invited to join a new government backed task force to help tackle the UK’s lag in productivity so that we can continue to compete against our European and global competitors.
Simon Reid from the Liverpool City Region LEP attended the inaugural NWBLT/...

HRH Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, recently paid a visit to the brand new Hartree Centre facility at Sci-Tech Daresbury to officially open the new building.
His Royal Highness is patron of Sci-Tech Daresbury and devotes much of his time to promoting British science, technology...